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illegitimate

il.le.git.i.mate \-'jit-*-m*t\ aj 1: not recognized as lawful offspring; 
   specif : born of parents no t married to each other 2: not rightly deduced 
   or inferred : ILLOGICAL  3: departing from the regular : ERRATIC  4a: 
   ILLEGAL  4b: not authorized by good usage  of a taxon  4c: published either 
   validly or invalidly but not according with the rules  of the relevant 
   international code - il.le.git.i.mate.ly av